Anyone else have the book?

I still do not have a copy of Love is Eternal. I requested one from the library at the end of May but it hasn't arrived. Does anyone else have an extra copy or are you having trouble getting it as well?

Book Club Thursday, June 25th!

Hi All! I am so excited to host book club next week! I know I said I'd be serving corndogs, but I promise you'll get something better than that! :) I live at 3247 Wooddale Avenue. From Olive, go over McKee toward Whitegate. You'll turn left on Wooddale (it's the first left after McKee), and go all the way down to the last house on the left. I think the time is at 12:30, right? So.... I need to know who's coming! Please RSVP as soon as you know if you're coming or not! See you then! These Is My Words will be so fun to talk about--it was so good!!
Wendy

Kindle

Kindle: To catch fire, the act of lighting.

Just wanted to let you know about my new Kindle from Amazon. OK, it's not all that new, I received it as a gift for Christmas but was disappointed at the small number of books available for downloading so I haven't been using it. But I recently turned it on again and it looks like the number of books available has increased dramatically. I've heard that University's are going to start using it (or something like it) for text books, so maybe it's the up and coming thing. Anyway, I am reading These is My Words on it and I love the features available such as bookmarking, highlighting, and adding my own notes in the margin. I also love that I can store a vast number of books in an ity bity (literally) space. So if you're an avid reader you may want to check it out and put it on your birthday or Christmas wish list.

It's good to get lost in a book

I've just finished "These is my Words". I hated it to end. And I'm trying to hold back my tears. Even though it is Sarah's story...so much of it applies to us (I think us...maybe just me...but I think us....as women, as people). It's like our journeys are the same...only the details are different.

Young love:

"I must think about something else for a while. But then I remember his warm arms and his big strong legs touching mine and how hard and wide his chest was and how hot his kiss was, and I go outside and feed the chickens. They are getting mighty fat."

Young family:

"My life is so full of wonderful things right now. My children are happy and healthy, my husband loves us truly, and we are about to build a wondrous new house for them to grow up in......Mama told me to make a special point to remember the best times of my life. There are so many hard things to live through, and latching on to the good things will give you strength to endure, she says. So I must remember this day."

Struggles in marriage:

"I wish for the old days. I wish for the struggling days and the days of Geronimo, and the days of birthing Charlie with no one but Jack to help me. How happy and in love we were then. I want to be in love again, but all I feel is darkness and shadows. Everything is changed and different."

Life...as we get older:

"My life feels like a book left out on the porch, and the wind blows the pages faster and faster, turning always toward a new chapter faster than I can stop and read it."

It's nice to find a new book, one you didn't know was out there, to get lost in.

Love is Eternal

I just checked out the library and found that there are 3 copies of Love is Eternal available and 1 set of audiocassettes. It's super easy to make a request from your home computer, just use your library card to log in. Wendy checked out Amazon and there are lots of copies available for sale there, quite cheap. Otherwise check your garage closet. The book was published in 1954 (that's 13 years before I was born) and is no longer in print.